Pierre-Jean DAVID, known as DAVID d'ANGERS Angers, (1788-185 - Lot 222

Pierre-Jean DAVID, known as DAVID d'ANGERS Angers, (1788-1856) Portrait of Eugène DEVERIA in profile Red wax bas-relief on slate plate. Signed lower right and titled on the left edge in engraving on the slate. 12 x 10 cm Damage, missing parts, restorations. Gilded stucco frame with palmette spandrels. Minor damage. Bibliography : - JOUIN, David d'Angers, sa vie, son oeuvre, ses écrits et ses contemporains, Paris, 1878, tome II, p. 469 and t. I, p. 179. - REINIS: The portrait medallions of David d'Angers, New York, 1999, p. 144, no. 143, (for the bronze medallion). Related works: - Pierre-Jean David d'Angers: Eugène DEVERIA, 1828, bronze medallion, Paris, Musée du Louvre, DA 66 C. - Pierre-Jean David d'Angers: Paul FOUCHER, circa 1828, bas relief in red wax, Paris, Musée du Louvre, RF 1713. From 1827 onwards, David d'Angers began a highly unusual production of small wax portraits on slate, mainly of his artist friends and family. Modeled in wax or clay, usually in three or four hours, details are neglected, and the graceful execution takes nothing away from the harmony of the face. Probably executed in 1828, this portrait was created shortly after Eugène DEVERIA's triumph at the 1827 Salon, with the Naissance d'Henri IV.